Blockade of microglial glutamate release protects against ischemic brain injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-146

  Takeuchi, Hideyuki ^a   Jin, Shijie ^a   Suzuki, Hiromi ^a   Doi, Yukiko ^a   Liang, Jianfeng ^a   Kawanokuchi, Jun ^a   Mizuno, Tetsuya ^a   Sawada, Makoto ^a   Suzumura, Akio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed neuronal death; Gap junction blocker; Glutamate; Glutaminase inhibitor; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Transient brain ischemia

Indexed keywords

6 DIAZO 5 OXONORLEUCINE; CARBENOXOLONE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBENOXOLONE; DIAZOOXONORLEUCINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAP JUNCTIONS; GERBILLINAE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS;

EID: 53949120454     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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